cultus
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cultuses,
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culti
plural
noun
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cultuses,
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cultus
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noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cultus1
From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; see origin at cult
Origin of cultus2
1850–55, < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
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It opened in 1934 near the Ballard Locks, featuring Alaska stickleback, pipe fish, yellow-banded perch, blennies and cultus cod, according to HistoryLink.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
As Scientologists do battle with the government in Germany, they could point out that religion apparently comes from the Latin religare, or "to bind"; cult comes from the Latin cultus, meaning "worship."
From Time Magazine Archive
And that is why the Aztecs dreaded his return, and why they had not dared to proscribe his cultus, but, on the contrary, recognized it and carried it on.
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by Albert R?ville
The attributes of this Supreme Being, through the fostering care of a special cultus, soon developed the rank of deities, each having a strongly marked identity.
From The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru by Lewis Spence
The practical application of the principles of this cultus is discussed in a long series of cynical speeches, which are in close agreement with the hypotheses of Gougenot des Mousseaux and similar writers.
From The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion by Lucien Wolf
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